CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – According to the Macoupin County Enquirer Democrat and Mayor Deanna Demuzio, I am “targeting” Carlinville “again”… if asking for public records and demanding they be provided equates to […]

CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – This article is a response to the hatchet job published by The ‘Burnian, the newspaper of Blackburn College. Nowhere in the article does it disclose that Mayor Deanna Demuzio […]

CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – Mayor Demuzio and the City of Carlinville must enjoy spending hard-earned taxpayer dollars keeping public records from the public. I estimate the first denied FOIA request has already […]

CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – After Daniel P. Schuering, Carlinville’s assistant city attorney, falsely accusing us of “wasting taxpayer funds” and claiming we were “political terrorists,” we decided it was time to show […]

CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – In the following video of Carlinville’s March 19, 2018 meeting, you can clearly see Carlinville’s attorney, Mr. Dan O’Brien, is having problems with people who want to participate […]

MACOUPIN CO., IL. (ECWd) – Just a quick question for y’all: Is the same attorney representing Carlinville, Sawyerville, and Royal Lakes? Is Mayor DeMuzio giving classes to the Macoupin County Mayoral Association […]

CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – On top of refusing to provide credit card statements, other public records, and lying about mailing CDs in response to FOIA requests, the Carlinville City Council has published […]

CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – At Carlinville’s City Council meeting on April 3, 2017, the council directed their attorney to provide all the requested records for all FOIA requests submitted as of that date […]

CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – A long-time reader of ECWd sent us the attached letter from the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor requesting the City of Carlinville provide further information on why it refused […]

CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – In a direct reflection of Mayor Deanna Demuzio’s incompetence in seeking out legal advice, her chosen attorneys are failing to assist her in complying with the law – unless maybe she is directing […]

CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General has sent the City of Carlinville letters of inquiry in response to several requests for review of alleged Freedom of Information Act violations that I forwarded […]